In India, Modi’s party cements its rule with sweeping state election win
NEW DELHI — A resounding landslide by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party in regional elections in the eastern...
‘Freedom Manifesto’ imagines Venezuela’s post-Maduro future
The tens of millions of innocents stuck in Venezuela are often an afterthought amid mounting U.S. pressure on Nicolás Maduro,...
China has lent $200B to U.S. tech and infrastructure projects, report finds
Chinese financial institutions have lent more than $200 billion to the United States over the past 25 years — more...
25 Nigerian schoolgirls abducted, vice principal killed in armed attack
Nigerian authorities were searching Monday for 25 students who were abducted from a girls’ secondary school by a group of...
Asking Eric: Neighbor’s vacant home threatens property
Dear Eric: The home next door is vacant. I think it is a rental property. There is a huge tree...
Carolyn Hax: In their family, it’s holiday tradition for siblings to do squat
Dear Carolyn: I am recently divorced, with two adult sons, 19 and 23. One son is autistic and nonverbal. I...
Miss Manners: How to treat cleaning woman working on Thanksgiving
Dear Miss Manners: I have hired a cleaning woman, and she needs money to save for a newer automobile. She...
Larry Summers stepping back from ‘public commitments’ over Epstein emails
Former Democratic treasury secretary Larry Summers is “deeply ashamed” of his years-long communication with Jeffrey Epstein and will be “stepping...
NPR’s parent agency reinstates $36 million in satellite funding
The Corporation for Public Broadcasting settled with NPR on Monday, agreeing to restore a nearly $36 million contract for satellite...
Corrections officer slain by Virginia prison inmate, officials say
An inmate killed a corrections officer at a prison in Virginia, the state corrections department said Monday. Corrections officer Jeremy...
City pays owner $500K after officer fatally shoots deaf, blind dog
A city in Missouri has agreed to pay a dog owner $500,000 after a police officer fatally shot the man’s...
James Franklin is off to Virginia Tech. His $49 million payout shrank before that.
When Penn State fired James Franklin in October, the school still owed the football coach about $49 million, per the...
Maryland officials more than double cost estimate to rebuild Key Bridge
Maryland transportation officials have updated their financial and construction projections for the rebuilding of the destroyed Francis Scott Key Bridge,...
The Nats’ 33-year-old manager knows the questions are coming
It certainly was not the first time Blake Butera had been asked about his age. It certainly will not be...
Americans can do better by veterans. Here’s how.
Thank you for publishing a realistic perspective on the challenges faced by veterans in Theodore R. Johnson’s Nov. 13 op-ed,...
